Chrysolarentia polycarpa Meyrick

Young, Catherine J., 2006, Descriptions of the eggs of some southern Australian Geometridae (Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 1287, pp. 1-294 : 1-294

Chrysolarentia polycarpa Meyrick (Figs 749–752)

Oviposition

1♀ code no.: G486

Oviposition date: 12 Feb.

Batch size: 20; (n = 1)

Realised fecundity: 20

Incubation time (days): N/A

Batch configuration and attachment: Loose.

Colour: Pale olive green, then transparent grey on maturity.

Size (mm): L = 0.52, W = 0.47.

Width/length: 0.90

No. of females: 1

Aeropylar opening size (m) (n=5): L = 0.59 ± 0.02, W = 0.31 ± 0.03.

Relative aeropylar opening size: 1.1

Micropyles: Indistinct (Figs 749 & 750)

No. of openings: 5

No. of cells in rosette: 7

No. of rows of cells in micropylar area: 1

Shape: Very broad, bluntly ovoid, anterior pole truncated (Fig. 751).

Characteristics: Soft chorion; egg marked on all surfaces by barely discernible, flat, hexagonal cells with unelevated, narrow walls (Figs 749 & 751). Aeropyles inconspicuous, unelevated, openings small (Fig. 752), present around anterior pole and narrow lateral sides. Chorion smooth with shallow undulations (Fig. 752).